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Mr Peter Martin: Assembly records
All of Mr Peter Martin’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Member for her intervention. I agree with her that brains develop in different ways. I have some sympathy for other arguments that I have heard on the issue that look at Gillick competency. The other thing about what we are talking about is that it is so arbitrary. I accept that children develop at…
I thank the Member for her intervention and am happy to address it. She said that young people may or may not fully understand the implications of their actions. I was not going to make this point, but I will now. The Member's comment takes me back to the fact that amendments with exceptions were tabled. When I think…
I will take an intervention from the Member on the opposite Benches in a moment. I would like to answer the Member for North Antrim first. I absolutely accept that. The Member very kindly took an intervention from me last night, or certainly there was some chat about this in the Chamber. I completely accept that not…
I will speak on amendment Nos 79 and 82. There has been much talk about some of the backgrounds that we have been considering. For declaration purposes, I was a youth worker, like the Member for North Antrim, for about 20 years. I have also written a detailed report on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and I am…
I thank the Member for giving way. The Member opposite described the UNCRC and some of the amendments being debated as progressive. The Member may be aware of the recent case in Hampshire where two girls aged 14 and 15 were raped in separate incidents by two 14-year-old boys and another boy who was 13. They videoed…
I thank the Member for giving way. He was talking about amendment Nos 79 and 82 and the disparity. I have listened carefully to the arguments that others have made in the Chamber, while, clearly, not agreeing with them. The proposed new clause lists the offences of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault by…
I thank the Member again for giving way and the Minister of Justice for clarifying that. I am happy to accept the Member's characterisation of non-homogeneous victim groups. I agree with her, and we have seen that in Northern Ireland throughout the Troubles — not dealing with MACR but in other circumstances — where…
I thank the Member for giving way, and I apologise to her for being a bit late to the Chamber and missing the start of her speech. I agree with her. She mentioned trauma-informed care, therapeutic support and family interventions. Those are all incredibly effective ways of dealing with some children who may end up in…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether Sport NI will consider recognising dance, to allow the granting of funding for attendance at international competitions.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the comparative cost and outcomes of Health and Social Care Trust-delivered mental health interventions against equivalent services provided by the voluntary and community sector, including (i) preventative and recovery-focused service; and (ii) how…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, following his Oral Statement on Wastewater Regulation and Enforcement on 3 March 2026, to detail any actions he has taken in relation to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s zero-detriment policy, in relation to Northern Ireland Water's ability to…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether there has been any assessment made of the zero-detriment policy, in relation to the impact on house building, given it is no longer applied by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made on whether changing the zero-detriment policy is a cross-cutting matter.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to any proposed change to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s zero-detriment policy.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether there are any plans to allow an applicant for a marriage notice to record their step-parent's name on the form instead of the parent named on their birth certificate, similar to the system in England.
To ask the Minister of Education, following the launch of the National Allergy Strategy, for an update on introducing Benedict's Law and Owen's Law into schools.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average time period between a person being designated as ready for discharge from a psychiatric intensive care unit and their subsequent discharge into community-based supported living, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44358/22-27, to detail the length of time those designated as ready for discharge from psychiatric intensive care units have been waiting for a discharge to be effected, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people who have been residing in psychiatric intensive care units for more than six months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.